Milne, William Johnstone

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Cemetery: Vimy Memorial

Country: France

Area: Pas De Calais

Rank: Private

Force: Army

Official Number: 427586

Unit: 16th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).

Country of Service: Canadian

Details: V C 9th April 1917. Age 24. Native of Lanarkshire Scotland. An extract from the Second Supplement to The London Gazette dated 8th June 1917 records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack. On approaching the first objective Pte. Milne observed an enemy machine gun firing on our advancing troops. Crawling on hands and knees he succeeded in reaching the gun killing the crew with bombs and capturing the gun. On the line re-forming he again located a machine gun in the support line and stalking this second gun as he had done the first he succeeded in putting the crew out of action and capturing the gun. His wonderful bravery and resource on these two occasions undoubtedly saved the lives of many of his comrades. Pte. Milne was killed shortly after capturing the second gun."

Photograph by David Milborrow

Vimy Memorial - Milne, William Johnstone

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